Domaine Georges Noëllat – Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Aux Boudots 2013 – Burgundy France

Aux Boudots sits at the very northern tip of Nuits-Saint-Georges, sharing a boundary with Vosne-Romanée's Aux Malconsorts — which is why it so often tastes more like Vosne than like Nuits. Maxime Cheurlin's parcel runs to 1.2 hectares of vines averaging ninety years old.

🍷 At a Glance

• Grape: 100% Pinot Noir
• Appellation: Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Aux Boudots
• Region: Côte de Nuits, Burgundy
• Vintage: 2013
• Producer: Domaine Georges Noëllat
• Winemaker: Maxime Cheurlin
• Holding: 1.20 hectares, vines averaging 90 years old
• Terroir: On the Vosne border, a steep 18% slope on well-draining stony soil
• Estate: Around 5.5 hectares across Vosne-Romanée and northern Nuits-Saint-Georges
• Vinification: 70 to 100% destemmed, 4 to 8 days of pre-fermentation maceration, two to three weeks of ambient-yeast fermentation with pump-overs and punch-downs only at the end
• Ageing: 14 to 20 months in barrel, 50 to 75% new
• Serving temperature: 15–17°C
• Style: Dry red wine

👃 Tasting Notes & Experience

• Color: Deep ruby
• Nose: Black fruit with roasted, savoury notes and a floral lift
• Palate: Nuits structure carried with the perfume of its Vosne neighbours
• Structure: Firm but finely drawn tannins
• Finish: Long and savoury, with the domaine's saline signature

Boudots is widely held to be one of the great premiers crus of Nuits, and its position explains why: it is the last vineyard before the Vosne boundary, on a steep, stony, fast-draining slope, and it borders Aux Malconsorts directly. Ninety-year-old vines on a site like that need very little help, which suits Maxime Cheurlin's approach — a long cold soak, wild yeasts, and punching down only at the very end of fermentation. He took the estate on at twenty in 2010, ending twenty years in which the fruit had simply been sold to Jadot and Drouhin, and made it a cult name within a handful of vintages. 2013 was small, late and transparent, a vintage for site rather than season.

❤️ Why We Love It

• Ninety-year-old vines on a steep stony slope bordering Vosne
• A Nuits premier cru that drinks like Vosne, from a Vosne domaine
• Twenty-three bottles — enough to buy a case and still keep some

🍽️ Food Pairing Ideas

• Roast beef, game and duck
• Mushroom and truffle dishes
• Aged hard cheeses

👤 Who This Wine Is For

✓ Drinkers who want the domaine's style without premier cru Vosne pricing
✓ Anyone who likes savoury, structured Nuits with lift
✕ Not ideal if you want opulence